What other insects, besides bed bugs attack while sleeping in your bed? Next morning leaving bites and welts.

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What other insects, besides bed bugs attack while sleeping in your bed? Next morning leaving bites and welts.

I have bug bites over my body that appear after sleeping in my bed. However, I've performed a thorough inspection of my bed including the general area and have found nothing. **Bites confirmed via dermatologist.

Not confident how to proceed regarding treatment. What are the other possibilities? Live in an apartment. Do not own a pet nor do my closet neighbors.

FYI Ron answered my previous question satisfactorly, thank you

Status: Open Jul 28, 2013 - 08:45 AM

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RonDawson

Jul 30, 2013 - 10:00 AM

If you have bites and they are confirmed, then the question is, is it really bed bugs, or is it something else. Many times, insect bites are very hard to identify. The trick with bed bugs, is too look for the bite line. This is a line of bites that may be 3-5 bites in a row. What happens is that bed bugs prefer "capillaries" in the skin. When they first bite, if they don't find a satisfactory capillary, they will bite again and again until they find one. Here is a picture of what I am talking about -

If this is what your bites look like, then it is time to find the bed bugs. If not, it could be spiders, mites, or something else.

The best thing to do, is to tear the mattress and bed apart, take the felt cover off of the box spring, get a good flashlight, and start looking. Look for dead bugs, blood drops, debris, anything that could be bed bug related. If you find anything you think is bed bug related, then it's time to treat.

We also carry the best bed bug trap on the market - the Verifi Bed Bug D etector.

Place these behind the bed, on the frame, etc, and see if you can catch one.

Hope this helps.

Ron

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RonDawson

May 08, 2017 - 03:28 AM

Then it could be bites that are not coming from the bed. Many times, chiggers will bite you when you are outdoors, but the pain and swelling does not occur for 8+ hours. It really depends on the kind of bite and where it is located. Chiggers are near the ankles, feet and legs. They can also go as high as the stomach and back.

The other less likely possibility is fleas, spiders. Bed bugs are hard to locate. They may not be visible just by taking the bed apart. It may take steam or pesticide applications to get them moving.

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RonDawson

May 31, 2017 - 09:03 AM

It's possible that it could be adult mites. However, chiggers are the immature stages of mites - basicallly baby mites. So they are basically the same. But in order to determine which species, we need to see an adult mite. Never assume it is mites without seeing an actual mite. They are very easy to see.

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RonDawson

Jul 18, 2019 - 03:41 AM

It does not sound insect related. It sounds like bruises?

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I have small black and blue marks on my upper arms. They are circles and sometimes there are as many as 4 in a cluster. I have looked at all of the pictures and nothing is the same. I think this usually happens at night but feel nothing. No itching or pain? What the heck is this?

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